This is a neat little game to play with youngsters, although older students will be interested in the mathematics behind it. Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.
Twenty Question Game

Shakuntala Devi, is an incredible speed mathematician. This is her method for multiplying, with an explanation of why it works.  Please click on the file name to see the pdf fil.
Shakuntala’s Method for Speed Multiplying

Last Thursday, July 2nd, we looked at the life of Blaise Pascal and introduced you to his famous “Pascal’s Triangle”.  Today, we look at some of the applications and patterns that we can see and use with this triangle.  Please click on the file name to see the pdf file.
Applications of Pascal’s Triangle

Better known as an artist, an inventor and a scientist, Leonardo dabbled in mathematics as well. Please click on the file name below to see the pdf file.
Leonardo Da Vinci, He Did Math?

Up to now, we have learned how to factor the “simple” trinomial, those that are in the form of ax^2 + bx +c, where either a = 1 (x^2 + bx + c), or those where you have a difference of squares, or a difference of squares left after you take out a common factor [...]

Here, Dodeca and Icosa, take what we went over yesterday and extend it to probability of more than one event. Please read yesterday’s so that you are aware of the terminology we use.  Click on the comic strip to enlarge if necessary.

A really fun branch of mathematics is probability. I introduce the idea in this comic strip. Please click on the comic strip to enlarge if needed.
 

Looking at problem solving from different angles, we have three puzzles today. Answers, next week. Please click on the file name below to see the pdf file.
Three Neat Puzzles to Try

This post comes with a Fraction – Decimal – Per Cent Conversion table that is a useful table for people to know on its own. Then five math tricks using this table are illustrated. Please click on the file name below to see the pdf file.
Math Tricks Using Fraction, Decimal and Per Cent Conversions

I first learned these techniques as a 14 year old in Scout Camps, but I didn’t know why they worked until I was 15 or 16 and took grade 10 Geometry.  They are fun, and something a class could go outside and experiment with. Please click on the file name below to see the pdf [...]